2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly explained

Event:	Men's 100 metre butterfly
Competition:	2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates:	August 23, 2014 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	33
Win Value:	51.29
Gold:	Michael Phelps
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Ryan Lochte
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Hirofumi Ikebata
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

The men's 100 metre butterfly competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Michael Phelps of US.^[3]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly.^[4]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record		49.82	Rome, Italy	August 1, 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record		50.86	Irvine, United States	August 20, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 23, at 10:28.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			51.55	QA
2			51.57	QA
3			51.73	QA
4			52.00	QA
5			52.01	QA
6			52.56	QA
7			52.70	QA
8			52.71	QA
9			52.91	QB
10			53.00	QB
11			53.12	QB
12			53.15	QB
13			53.34	QB
14			53.58	QB
15	Coleman Allen		53.70	QB
16	Geoffrey Cheah		53.93	QB
17	Yuki Kobori		53.96
18	Katsu Nakamura		54.04
19	Albert Subirats		54.07
20	Shi Yang		54.09
21	Rammaru Harada		54.14
22	Luke Peddie		54.42
23	Takeshi Matsuda		54.54
24	Reo Sakata		54.66
25	Gamal Assaad		54.83
26	Mack Darragh		54.89
27	Ned McKendry		55.07
28	Hiromi Fujimori		55.14
29	Ryan Coetzee		55.42
30	David Wong		57.00
31	Ng Chun Nam		57.97
32	Kinve Nicholls		1:06.07
33	Takayaw Tevita		1:11.06

B Final

The B final was held on August 23, at 19:47.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			51.52
10			53.07
11			53.38
12	Coleman Allen		53.89
13	Shi Yang		53.98
14	Geoffrey Cheah		54.11
15	Gamal Assaad		54.78
16	Mack Darragh		54.86

A Final

The A final was held on August 23, at 19:47.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			51.29
			51.67
			52.50
4			52.67
5			52.71
6			52.75
7			52.84
8			53.22

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 100-metre butterfly heats at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 23, 2014 . September 13, 2014.
2. Web site: Results of the 100-metre butterfly finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 23, 2014 . September 13, 2014.
3. Web site: Results of the 100-metre butterfly finals at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 20, 2010 . September 13, 2014.
4. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual . Guadalajara 2011 . 23 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf . 28 July 2011 .